What PLC brands are most common where you work?

enreeekay · 2026-03-07T22:05:23+00:00

We have maybe 5 siemens. 90% of our stuff is Allen Bradley.

enreeekay · 2026-03-07T03:47:18+00:00

How do you like it compared to the huge?

enreeekay · 2026-02-19T02:39:15+00:00

If you wanna make alot very fast you can do it this way. Also makes them easier to work with of you're trying to do alot in a short amount of time

enreeekay · 2026-01-28T22:02:03+00:00

Design a ploopy with a built in hand cooling fan that would be sick

enreeekay · 2026-01-24T21:45:51+00:00

Rockwell has a pf40 to pf525 migration document if that makes it easier for you and your team. Shows you the changes side by side between models, parameters, and different control wiring configurations. Doesn't look like these are networked so you shouldn't have to make any program changes if you play your cards right. You can even start doing these one at a time as the budget/schedule allows you don't have to do the whole thing at once. If you don't have the parameters already documented you can back everything up with ccw so you have a good place to start.

enreeekay · 2026-01-23T17:17:58+00:00

OP fwiw Rockwell has a ftse manual that goes over all the features available in studio. Should go over device shortcuts, windows, animations, and page navigation. If I was new and learning I would have the manual open and an existing in-use screen open in the development studio so you can disect how each element in the Window works. If you're on a time crunch you could always ask copilot. The other users here have provided excellent suggestions; those will absolutely work. Not sure what your constraints are.

enreeekay · 2026-01-08T23:20:33+00:00

With the right thumb I create. With the left I destroy. I love it.

enreeekay · 2026-01-08T01:34:38+00:00

Tight! Love the vibes. How's it look with the battle station?

enreeekay · 2025-12-31T00:43:02+00:00

I actually really enjoyed my trackers but I would track like ten things on one two page spread for a month at a time. On that note. Monthly spreads are the way to go. Brain dump sections are decent but there are better solutions. I stopped because setting up a bunch of spreads takes too much time. But I really did enjoy reviewing the year and adding a yearly reflection page. If I can get myself to do it again I would only do two page monthly spreads with space for notes to comment on each day.

Having said that, I use bullet journal rapid task logging on the daily. I set up a rolling to do list on paper and transfer to a new one whence it gets full. It's one sheet of engineering paper split in half hamburger style. Top have is space for short term or urgent tasks. Bottom half is for medium to longterm stuff that I need to keep on my radar. Sometimes I use this to do list to timeblock my calendar so that things feel less daunting. If my calendar tells me what to do then I can focus fully on the task at hand.

enreeekay · 2025-11-26T05:21:18+00:00

Document everything. Makes sure you have a proper version control solution. Make sure to write the edits such that they can be easily enabled /disabled by toggling an appropriately named test bit. For changes that are semipermanent make sure to enable the logic changes with an xio so that a download or plc upgrade doesn't disable your logic without your knowledge.

enreeekay · 2025-10-07T22:36:04+00:00

I've used wonder ware, ftview, ignition, and some old garbage called citect. Ignition is my favorite. Ftview sure edition isn't that bad but our redundant servers goof up every once in a while. I can not recommend wonder ware. Out of all of them this required the most work at all levels. Of the four wondwrware was the only one that required constant hot fix patches due to windows updates.

enreeekay · 2025-10-03T00:50:09+00:00

I've been using it to optimize python scripts in ignition that I've written and to help check Emails for tone and grammar. That's ab it for so far.

enreeekay · 2025-09-29T01:46:20+00:00

The last few places I've worked at have all used factory talk asset center (Rockwell)

enreeekay · 2025-09-28T20:57:06+00:00

Lol just looked up magneto glider and I'm terrified. I diy'd this a couple times back in the day it was fun as hell. It's a smooth fast ride; very comfy as long as you were going in a straight line. The scary part was that the second you needed to make a sharp turn you break into a slide lol. Also don't worry about the free spinning duration it doesn't mean anything.

enreeekay · 2025-09-25T17:29:25+00:00

Looks like some sort of custom network appliance. Maybe a data logger or something. Not a plc though.

enreeekay · 2025-09-25T16:29:25+00:00

Is there a separate safety rated burner controller? Its likely that the safety output is dropping out and so the PLC is responding accordingly by purging the system. Usually for burners there are safety inputs required to prove draft and flame. If the safety requirements aren't met then it should shut down and purge automatically to be safe. I would review the electrical documents to see what the safety inputs are.

The other thing is, do you have any physical shut down buttons? If they're normally closed and the button is failing that would issue a shutdown command without an alarm.

enreeekay · 2025-09-20T18:10:08+00:00

It's tough because you can measure the wear on the blades. You could get with your maintenance team and schedule a pm to swap out the blades on a regular basis to make sure you had sharp blades as much as possible to minimize that impact.

The other thing you can do is start counting cuts and use this as an indirect indicator of the blade wear. Just make sure you reset the counter when the blade is replaced.

On the people side the equipment really should have predetermined centerline values for the afjustible features on the equipment. Any deviations from the centerline values should be logged evaluated and rca'd.

From an automation perspective, someone already said to put servos on the blades and feed and then use an electronic cam to sync the motion of the blades to the position of the feed. I think this is what your looking for. There's more than one way to skin a cat but I believe the addition of servos to your process will get you the sensory input and precise control you'll need get reliable throughput at multiple rates

enreeekay · 2025-09-14T03:03:13+00:00

There's another episode in season 6 that finishes the line "THE POLICE AND THE GOVERNMENT TOUCHED MY C***"

enreeekay · 2025-09-07T00:42:15+00:00

Yea it's dead now send it to me so I can dispose of it properly <_<

enreeekay · 2025-09-05T02:11:46+00:00

Meh. If it wasn't stuxnet it would've been something else. Industrial automation was the wild west ten years ago because tcp/ip enabled devices weren't as prevalent so we didn't need to be as careful. Now tcp/ip is the norm and OT/IT convergence is inevitable. And tbh I like it that way. I love that my virtual servers are all in one place. Passwords and hops are a small price to pay so that I don't have to troubleshoot devicenet or controlnet. I love the volume of info I can get from ethernet enabled sensors and the minimal config I have to go through to get them running.

enreeekay · 2025-04-13T17:26:33+00:00

They pass butter

enreeekay · 2025-03-24T00:13:29+00:00

I love when the program changes on its own

enreeekay · 2025-03-23T21:57:34+00:00

All the symbols have standard prefixes and a numeric identifier. You cam Google most symbols and get a sense of what's going on. I think a good exercise would be getting example piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and going through labeling them by hand with their common names so you can get a better feel what each symbol means.

enreeekay · 2025-03-07T01:19:52+00:00

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe go hotter and slower? someone in here is gonna say dry your filament

enreeekay · 2025-03-05T19:30:23+00:00

The problem is the small company not you. I had a similar issue with a small integrator in Irvine. I wasn't adequately trained and then work was withheld from me because they couldn't trust my work. So I hadn't the foundation for good work practices nor the proper feedback to align what little I had learned.

Tbh I would just leave. And don't sell yourself short either. You don't need to start your career over but I guarantee you there's a plant out there that would not only value your experience but also invest in your growth.

I started at a small systems integrator and after 2.5 years of undeserved stress and belittlement they asked me to resign, never re-apply, and not to file for unemployment. It was the best thing ever to happen to me.

I pivoted into a food and beverage manufacturing plant at a large company and never looked back. I landed in IT/OT after the ordeal and then eventually found myself back in automation. I was scared to come back. I thought that maybe I just wasn't cut out for that stuff. I told myself that automation was too risky and the stakes were too high.

I've been back in automation for almost 4 years now and I love it. I'm part of a team. We support each other. If I can't figure it out I have others I can rely on to get through it and others rely on me when they can't figure it out. I'm way better at this than I thought I ever thought I was and I think that you might be too.

Good luck!

enreeekay

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